Precision Pastoral Management Tools. Cattle & pasture performance data without the sweat!
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Leigo S and Driver T (2014). Precision Pastoral Management Tools Project – Cattle & pasture performance data without the sweat! Presentation to the Pastoral Beef Industry Profit Drivers & Innovation Field Day. 28 October 2014. Marree.
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Precision Pastoral Management Tools. Cattle & pasture performance data without the sweat!
- 1. Precision Pastoral Management Tools Project – Cattle & pasture performance data without the sweat! Marree Field Day 28 October 2014 Research Leader - Sally Leigo, NT DPIF
- 2. Beef Industry Analysis Northern beef industry (2010) • In the last decade (1998-2008) • Costs have escalated • Debt levels have doubled • Returns on Assets have been only 0.3 - 2% • By 2013, no further improvement 2 Southern beef industry (2010) • Drought impact on profitability • To improve profitability ↑ efficiency by: • Higher productivity • Lower cost of production • Increase labour efficiency In 2014 same message
- 5. 5 Ninti One Research • 21st Century Project developed a walk-over- weighing & auto-drafting unit • Tested and developed on cattle stations across the NT & Qld • Precision Pastoral P/L tasked with commercialisation.
- 6. Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations Production increase is achieved through Measurement
- 7. Measurement Comes at a Cost Mustering Processing Data Handling Animal Stress Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 8. Average Weight Vs. Rainfalls Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations • This data can be used for more effective marketing of your cattle Sale Price: 390 c/kg cwt Sale Price: 379 c/kg cwt
- 9. Livestock Marketing Date Price Weight Total 26/03/2012 390c/kg 560 kg $1136 1/07/2012 379c/kg 635 kg $1251 Extra $115 realised through chasing weight rather than price. Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 10. Napperby Weaner Steers Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations • Effect of mustering
- 11. Case Study Labour unit comparison between Weaning and Auto-Weaning Weaning Trap into holding paddock for 3 days Muster in to yards Draft off Weaners Truck Weaners 4-5 Labour Units Auto-Weaning Truck Weaners 2 Labour Units Tools that are improving and assisting in beef business operations
- 12. 12 Research Questions • What new technologies can assist the beef industry? • Can we add technologies to the RLMS to benefit producers? • Can we build an integrated decision-making tool? • How much benefit is there for beef producers in using this tool?
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- 14. 14 Benefits for beef producers • Better matching of stocking rates to available pasture • Improved liveweight gain and calving rates • Increased ability to make strategic decisions • Improved land condition • Improved profitability
- 15. Progress to date • Advisory committee appointed • PPMS Prototype developed • Business plan undertaken • Student project 15
- 16. Progress to date • Expressions of Interest (n=25) • First three sites selected 16
- 18. Research Methodology • Quantitative and qualitative methodology • Validation of technology products • Business analysis and economic evaluation • On-going feedback and development of PPMS 18
- 19. How are the research sites going? • “Tarrina”, Qld, drought & destocked • Newcastle Waters Station, NT, well above average wet season • Glenflorrie Station, WA, average to above-average summer 19
- 20. The team behind the project 20
- 21. 21 For further information, please contact: Sally Leigo Email – sally.leigo@nt.gov.au Phone – 08 8951 8144 Questions?
- 22. Come along to the ARS Conference, Alice Springs 12 – 16 April 2015 Keep up to date via: Website, Twitter & Instagram @arsconf2015 and Facebook
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Editor's Notes
- Today’s field day is focused on profitability, and the aim of my talk is to demonstrate some new technologies that we are developing which will improve your bottom line. But we need to understand the current profitabililty situation. For this region I have used four reports commisioned by MLA. 1st Southern Beef by Holmes & Sackett in 2010 Then 2014 3rd Northern Beef by McCosker et al 2012 4th Northern Beef by McLean et al 2014 Essentially both are stating that profitability is good and there is a real need to improve. News I don’t think would surprise anyone in this room. The ‘Northern beef situation analysis 2013’ reported that the situation had not improved, debts had increased further. The problem of poor herd productivity across 75% of northern beef producers was identified as a primary cause of the poor business performance (McLean et al 2014).
- Before we hook into the rest of my presentation I would like to learn a little bit about your local beef industry. Do you Breed & sell you own cattle. Does anyone trade cattle? Are all cattle being raised on rangeland pasture? Any irrigated crops? Any local feedlotting? Great so we should all be in a similar boat then. Can I ask you some broad questions? Where does your business make its money from? And what produces your beef? Would it be fair to say that these would be two of your profit drivers? But this is the full picture is it?
- And your right those previous profit drivers aren’t the whole story, profitability is about decreasing costs as well.
- This is where Ninti One Research comes into play. Some of you may be familiar about the 21st Century Pastoralism Project? It focused on that theme of research outcomes that could allow pastoralists to descrease their costs and increase their production You may be familiar with the watersmart project which looked at using Telemetry to remotely monitor bores, De Rouse Hill Station and Quinamyabie Stations were involved In addition the projects also looked into developing a RLMS, with the concept of.. Explain image I won’t bore you with too much details. PPL has been charjed with the task of commercialising this technology. Tim Driver the MD for PPL was unable to attend the field day and I will do my best to present Tim’s work. To be clear I am not involved in PPL and its activity but I do work closely with them.
- PPL is about using its RLMS to increase production. One of the reasons for this is that there is a limit to descreasing costs because at the end of the day there will always be the bare minimum in costs. There is room to improve in production. PPL is focused on helping to assist beef businesses to increase their production through measurement, to capitalise and enhance production strengths and identify production weaknesses that need improvement.
- Now there is a reason as to why pastoral businesses do not undertake regular measurement. It comes at a cost.
- Station Manager participating in the Richmond Steer Challenge, traditionally sold cattle in April when the price was best. But in taking on the challenge from PPLm sold in July. And yes the price was less
- Production not price drives your return.
- Again another example of the LWG colllected on a station. Some data from Napperby Station. Showing the effect of Mustering
- While PPL has been commercialising the PPMS, Ninti One under it CRC-REP program has decided to look at how to value add to this type of technology for pastoral businesses.
- Project funded for 7 years, which we are half way through at the moment.
- Where are we up to, given we are over half-way through the project.
- Reflecting on the interest in the project
- V2 of the prototype is delivered 1st Summer data collection Planning to roll out another 3 sites out.
- Our research methodology
- Image of Research Team, Advisory committee, research sites,